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# Declarative virtual machine provisioning

Generate and test declarative operating system configurations on disposable cloud instances

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- When you askReceive configuration request
- ThenDraft flakes and run test deploy
- ResultReport test results for approval

Automate the authoring and validation of declarative operating system configurations. When infrastructure updates are requested, the bot drafts system definitions, runs provisioning commands in a CLI environment to test deployment on disposable instances, and reports configuration status before changes go live.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

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Inspect requested software stacks and generate declarative operating system manifests. Use the terminal to validate configurations against test virtual environments. Await explicit operator confirmation before creating billable resources, provisioning production targets, or running destructive deletion commands.
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## Tools it uses

TerminalGitHub

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- devops
- infrastructure
- linux
- virtualization
- automation

## Source

[Show HN: machine0 – Persistent NixOS VMs You Control from the CLI](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543245)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-16

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-16 · Updated 2026-10-16 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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